North Carolina · Census place 3761060

Sharpsburg, North Carolina

Sharpsburg is a town in 3 counties of North Carolina with an estimated 1,774 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 267th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,774
#267 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+2.9%
+50 people
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
1,756 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Sharpsburg. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Sharpsburg population, 2020 to 2024

Sharpsburg added 50 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.9%. In the latest year it moved by +23.

1,72420201,72420211,73420221,75120231,7742024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,722. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sharpsburg covers 1.01 square miles of land, for 1,756 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Sharpsburg is denser than the typical town.

The 3 counties Sharpsburg spans

Sharpsburg crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,774 residents as follows; Nash County holds 62.8% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Nash County1,114
  2. 02Wilson County434
  3. 03Edgecombe County226
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Sharpsburg

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Sharpsburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27803, 27878. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Sharpsburg is

The Census internal point of Sharpsburg is at 35.866400, -77.830300. Raleigh, the capital, is 45.7 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rocky Mount, NC (54,541 people), 7.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Raleigh, NC, 45.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.866400, -77.830300
DMS
35°51'59.04"N 77°49'49.08"W
UTM
18N 244449.4E 3972830.3N
Geohash
dq2shcm8y
Plus code
8774V589+HV

Daylight in Sharpsburg

At 35.87° N, Sharpsburg gets about 14 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sharpsburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Elm City, 4.6 miles away, with 1,223 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sharpsburg, NC?

1,774 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 50 (2.9%) from 1,724 in July 2020.

What county is Sharpsburg in?

It spans 3 counties: Nash County (1,114 residents), Wilson County (434 residents), Edgecombe County (226 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Sharpsburg?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 27803, 27878.

How far is Sharpsburg from Raleigh?

45.7 miles (73.5 km) in a straight line, heading W from Sharpsburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Sharpsburg?

Rocky Mount, NC, with 54,541 residents, 7.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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